CVE•Published 2019-01-31•Modified 2026-10-14•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data

CVE-2019-6110Openbsd · Openssh

Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)

CVSS v3.1

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

EPSS percentile

Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 2% of all CVEs

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-838Inappropriate Encoding for Output Context

Description

In OpenSSH 7.9, due to accepting and displaying arbitrary stderr output from the server, a malicious server (or Man-in-The-Middle attacker) can manipulate the client output, for example to use ANSI control codes to hide additional files being transferred.

Timeline

Published 2019-01-31

Modified 2026-10-14

External references

NVD MITRE Exploit-DB trickest/cve VulnCheck

Search for exposed instances

Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).

Shodan · vuln tag13,795,789 hosts

vuln:CVE-2019-6110

Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.

Shodan · product

product:"Openbsd Openssh"

All exposed Openbsd Openssh instances — cross-reference with the CVE's affected-version range.

Shodan · banner/body mention

http.html:"Openssh"

HTTP body or banner mentions "Openssh" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.

More intel sources (5)

Shodan report

vuln:CVE-2019-6110